Licensure

· Admitted to practice before the courts of the State of Michigan and registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Education

Aug. 2001 – May 2005    University of Toledo     Toledo, Ohio

· Juris Doctor, College of Law, cum laude

- Independent Research:  Review of Chinese Intellectual Property Law Applicable to the Tire & Rubber Industry.

Aug. 1996 – Dec. 1999    University of Dayton    Dayton, Ohio

- Bachelor of Science. Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry,

- Publication:  Chmielewski, J., Haun, M., Topmiller, K., Ward, J. and Church, K.; Amino-thiocyanation of electron rich olefins as an efficient purine and pyrimidine N-alkylation process., Synthetic Commun., 2002, 32(3).